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Date c. 1720 - c. 1750
Location United States
Context Calvinism • American colonies

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Gilbert Tennent
American Presbyterian clergyman
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
American theologian
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Samuel Davies
American minister
George Whitefield
George Whitefield
British clergyman